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Inorganica Chimica Acta Letters 25

TABLE II. Bond Distances (A) and Angles (o)a

Re-Clf 1) 2.404(l) N(l)-C(19)

Re-Cl(2) 2.410(l) N(2)-C(26)

Re-Cl(3) 2.412(l) C(22)-C(23)

Re-N(1) 1.715(4) C(29)-C(30) Re-N(2) 2.214(S) P-C(l) Re-P 2.436(l) P-C(7) N(2)-H(lN) 0.98(7) P-C(13) N(2)-H(2N) 0.76(7)

1.362(6) 1.444(6)

1.536(8)

1.527(8) 1.823(4) 1.847(4) 1.825(4)

compounds with two phosphine hgands trans to one another [14, 151, confirming a structural detail already present in the molecules of ref. 10. The Re-- Cl bond distances are normal. It is noteworthy that the mean (2.409 A) of the Re-Cl bonds, which are chemically equivalent, is exactly the value found in [ReC1a(NC6Hs)(PPh3)a], where the three Cl atoms and the imido N atom are also meridional.

Cl(l)-Re-Cl(2) 167.5(l) N(l)-Re-N(2) 94.4(2)

Cl( I)-Re-Cl(3) 87.5(l) N(l)-Re-P 97.7(l)

Cl(l)-Re-N(1) 95.4(2) N(2)-Re-P 167.7(l) Cl(l)-Re-N(2) 86.9(l) Re-N(l)-C(19) 171.1(4) Cl( l)-Re-P 90.0(l) Re-N(2)-C(26) 116.3(3)

Cl(2)-Re-Cl(3) 84.0(l) Re-N(2)-H(lN) 109.0(4)

C](2)-Re-N( 1) 92.5(2) Re-N(2)-H(2N) 106.0(S)

Cl(2)-Re-N(2) 82.9(2) H(lN)-N(2)-H(2N) 115.0(7) Cl(2)-Re-P 98.6(l) C(26)-N(2)-H(lN) 102.0(4)

Cl(3)-Re-N(1) 175.1(2) C(26)-N(2)-H(2N) 108.0(S) Cl(3)-Re-N(2) 81.8(l) Re-P-C(l) 115.8(l) C](3)-Re-P 86.6( 1) Re-P-C(7) 1175(l)

Re-P-C( 13) 111.4(l)

Supplementary Material

A complete list of bond angles and distances, hydrogen positional parameters, anisotropic thermal parameters and calculated and observed structure factors can be obtained from the authors.

References

aE.s.d.s. given in parentheses refer to the last significant digit.

of the two atoms. The formal double* Re-N(1) bond (1.7 15(4) A) agrees with a mean value of 1.73 A in [ReC12(NTo)(RN=CH-C6HdO)PPha] (where R = CsH5 or CHs) [lo], with 1.726(6) A in [ReC1a(NC6HS)(PPh3)2 ] CH2C12 [I 11, and with 1.71(l) A in [ReC12(NTo)(CHOC6H40)PPh3 ] [12], whereas the Re-N(2) distance is in good agreement with previous values obtained for Re-N single bonds [13]. The C(26)-N(2) bond length is normal for aromatic C-N bonds, while the C(19)-N(1) distance (1.362(6) A), is significantly shorter, which seems to be characteristic for arylimido compounds, being observed in the above mentioned and also in other similar complexes. The Re-P bond (2.436(l) A) trans to N(2) is, as expected, shorter (by ca.

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